diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/patches/sysconfig.patch b/srcpkgs/python/patches/sysconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5cd56707f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/patches/sysconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py	2019-10-19 20:38:44.000000000 +0200
++++ Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py	2019-03-02 19:17:42.000000000 +0100
+@@ -181,8 +171,8 @@
+                 _osx_support.customize_compiler(_config_vars)
+                 _config_vars['CUSTOMIZED_OSX_COMPILER'] = 'True'
+ 
+-        (cc, cxx, cflags, ccshared, ldshared, so_ext, ar, ar_flags) = \
+-            get_config_vars('CC', 'CXX', 'CFLAGS',
++        (cc, cxx, opt, cflags, ccshared, ldshared, so_ext, ar, ar_flags) = \
++            get_config_vars('CC', 'CXX', 'OPT', 'CFLAGS',
+                             'CCSHARED', 'LDSHARED', 'SO', 'AR',
+                             'ARFLAGS')
+ 
+@@ -206,7 +196,7 @@
+         if 'LDFLAGS' in os.environ:
+             ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['LDFLAGS']
+         if 'CFLAGS' in os.environ:
+-            cflags = cflags + ' ' + os.environ['CFLAGS']
++            cflags = opt + ' ' + os.environ['CFLAGS']
+             ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['CFLAGS']
+         if 'CPPFLAGS' in os.environ:
+             cpp = cpp + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index d6524e1b59c..7e23608f8c9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 pkgname=python
 version=2.7.17
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="Python-${version}"
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/python2.7"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"